Key result
Shifting from race to ethnicity improves understanding of cardiometabolic health differences in African-descent populations.
Research on cardiometabolic health in African-descent populations should shift from a broad racial category to an ethnic perspective to better capture differences in disease risk and socioeconomic factors.
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Ethnic stratification may better identify cardiometabolic disparities in African-descent groups; leaves open effects on clinical practice.
Commodore‐Mensah et al. (2015) conducted a review in Cardiometabolic disease. Research on African-descent populations in the United States would benefit from shifting from a racial to an ethnic perspective to better understand cardiometabolic health differences.
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